Oliver Reed
Videos
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, masculine image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 199
Reed in 1968
Reed (left) with Carole André and Marcello Mastroianni in Dirty Weekend (1973)
Broome Hall, Surrey, Reed's home for eight years from 1971
Appearing with Kate Millett on the After Dark programme "Do Men Have To Be Violent?" in 1991
David Hemmings
Videos
David Leslie Edward Hemmings was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained as a boy soprano in operatic roles, he began appearing in films as a child actor in
Oliver Reed
…he would not drink during production, which he worked around by only drinking on weekends when filming was not under way. Another Gladiator co-star, David Hemmings, was a long-time friend of Reed; Scott stated in 2020, "[David] promised to look after him and said to me [upon his death] 'I'm really sorry, old boy…
Hemmings in 1976
Hemmings' grave in St Peter's Church, Blackland, Wiltshire